[Mono-list] Mono licence

Joe Audette joe_audette@yahoo.com
Sat, 19 Mar 2005 06:51:25 -0800 (PST)


Hey Paul,

The licensing info is right on the web site
http://www.mono-project.com/FAQ:_Licensing

Best Regards,

Joe



--- Paul <paul@all-the-johnsons.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just a quicky.
> 
> What licence is Mono distributed under?
> 
> AIUI, MS has patents which Mono relies upon which
> means that
> distribution under the GPL would not be allowed
> (which may explain the
> reluctance of both Fedora and Debian to include it
> in their distros) or
> is Novell in posession of documentation from MS
> which waives the patent
> problems (in which case, can someone please tell the
> various distros?)
> 
> Thanks
> 
> TTFN
> 
> Paul
> 
> P.S. New website is quite fun, but is a wiki/plone
> really the best thing
> to have?
> -- 
> "It is often said that something cannot be libel if
> it is the truth.
> This has had to be amended to 'something cannot be
> libel if it is the
> truth or if the bank balance says otherwise'" - US
> Today
> 

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